Daily Republican., 1887-10-03
An InteI esting report.

Superintendent Harlan has prepared
his sno ual report, whoa is nov in the
hands Of the printer aud will sooD be
ready FIR distribution. The following
extracts are taken from Il:
To teach children good morals and
manners, to train the21 into good habits
OF intellt otual work, and to help IL en
to acquire knowledge of the common
Eng glish branches are always the prin-
cipal work OF the pu nlio schools; hence
the work to be done is about the same
from year to year.
To keep system OF schools good the
principals Of teaching and methods oil
iDttruction mnst appear elsewhere than
In the manuals of instruction. They
must be operative in the moral and
mental make up Of the teachers. 1t Is
truth never to be lost sight of, thst
good buildings, good furniture. and
coed books 90 for next TO nothing, If
there Ia not good instruction and train.
Ing. Only sympathe tic, winsome, in
Renious, and pushing teachers make
good schools.
PROMOTIONS
The end ell ought to have In view In
mnslng promotions is to get all pro
mosed who would be benefited by going
into higher CLASSES, and TO prevent the
promotion Of thoss who would not be
benefited. To this end the teachers can
give more Information than any one
else. As each teacher, under our rule
foI marking recitations, rec ords. each
term owe: three huudred Judgments of
the progress cash OF her pupils Is max.
ing. these records with the results of q
written test ht the end OF tbs term csn
not vary much from the truth, If the
teAcher is competent and honest
On the part Of the teachers there was
manifested all the year o most eommen.
daole spirit In regard to advancing pu.
pills. First, there was earnest faithful
work In teaching. Then IN large
number Of cases where pupils were np.
pxrently not trying TO learn. notes were
sent to their parents, asking and notify
ing them Of the probability of the chill.
dren's lsving to remain two ter ms in
the grade, II they did not study more
There was manifest also much desire to
mark justly and with uniformity.
Fifteen primary schools promote
pupils 10 the grammar schools, and
among them has been for years rivalry
IS to which shall promote the most
pupils. This Is laudabie within proper
limits. but 1t has sometimes gone too
far. Except In very rare instances 1t is
wrong to skip children over grades to
get them early into the grammar
schools. The work of the skipped grade
has to be made up in the higher grades;
that is, most Of 1t OCCURS In the higher
grades in one place and another.
The foundations of knowledge must
be laid in the primary schools. Good
habits Of study ought to be formed
there. When instead of laying good
foundation in clear conceptions and
right training, the work OF o primary
school 10 mainly directed to preparing
the pupils foE the written examination
In the tenth grade, as has been too
much the case iu some schools, the fail
ure OF the children to do satisfactory
work in the first grammar grade Is q
natural consequence.
The pupils promoted into the gram
mar schools last February were able to
advance more satisfactorily than those
promoted previous to that time, aud
think thoee seleoSed to 60 to the gram.
mar schools next term will do still bet.
ter. know that there was during the
whole OF last year . Gscided purpose on
the part OF the teachers in the primary
schools to prepare their p1pils to meet
all the requirements Of the grammar
schools.